In the summer after graduation, Autumn and Finny reconnect and are finally ready to be more than friends. Growing up, Autumn and Finny were like peas in a pod despite their differences: Autumn is “quirky and odd,” while Finny is “sweet and shy and everyone like him.” But in eighth grade, Autumn and Finny stop being friends due to an unexpected kiss. They drift apart and find new friends, but their friendship keeps asserting itself at parties, shared holiday gatherings and random encounters. The finely drawn characters capture readers’ attention in this debut.Īutumn and Phineas, nicknamed Finny, were born a week apart their mothers are still best friends. Pleasantly and audaciously fills a gap in queer romance. Most characters are cued as white Beth is English and brown-skinned. Irish slang adds cultural texture to the story. Smyth paints each character as a complex, messy, lifelike individual. The novel’s voice is delightfully brash and no-nonsense while it simultaneously reveals Saoirse’s vulnerabilities as she deals with various feelings of betrayal.
As they spend time together, however, it gets harder for Saoirse to follow her own relationship boundary rules. Commitment-phobic Saoirse’s keen to promote wholesome lesbian romance and to keep things casual. To convert horror-loving Saoirse, Ruby proposes they try to complete a list of rom-com clichés over the summer. There, she finds a cute girl to kiss-Ruby, visiting the seaside Irish town from her native England. To postpone dealing with any of that, she heads to a party. Having just completed her final exams, 17-year-old Saoirse heads into summer after high school with a lot on her plate: not wanting to attend prestigious Oxford, though her father’s set on it navigating the anxiety and struggles of a mother suffering from early-onset dementia and her father’s upcoming marriage to his new girlfriend, Beth. That’s all for my book review for The Falling in Love Montage by Ciara Smyth! Check out the rest of my book reviews here.A girl-girl rom-com packed with all the standard cheesy moments and raw emotions. It also had some funny moments that had me rereading passages to laugh a little bit more, so The Falling in Love Montage is definitely balanced. This novel is accurate and a little bit heart wrenching. I only made it out of teenhood a few years ago, so I still know how teenagers these days act and communicate, and more importantly how they text. The Falling in Love Montage wasn’t surprising or out of character for YA romances, but I did love how real and authentic it felt. I think it’s important for young readers to have books that highlight diverse stories, and the only difference between those and other uber-popular YA romances is who the characters fall in love with. the Homo Sapiens Agenda (no shade, I loved that one) in that the main character’s sexuality isn’t the whole plot point. One of the main reasons I adored this book was that although it is a gay romcom, it’s different from other books like Simon vs. She’s in the process of figuring herself out, and hey, aren’t we all?
I really felt that with The Falling in Love Montage the narrator Saoirse is angsty, sarcastic and confused. I’ve found that YA books are so important because no matter what age you are, you can relate to the characters’ core feelings. When I first started college, I avoided reading YA books because I thought I was past that “stage.” Looking back, I regret that decision. My Thoughts on The Falling in Love Montage It would be the perfect plan, if they weren’t forgetting one thing about the Falling in Love Montage: when it’s over, the characters actually fall in love… for real. Unbothered by Saoirse’s no-relationships rulebook, Ruby proposes a loophole: They don’t need true love to have one summer of fun, complete with every cliché, rom-com montage-worthy date they can dream up-and a binding agreement to end their romance come fall. For a girl with one blue freckle, an irresistible sense of mischief, and a passion for rom-coms. She doesn’t see the point in igniting any romantic sparks if she’s bound to burn out.īut after a chance encounter at an end-of-term house party, Saoirse is about to break her own rules. A condition that Saoirse may one day turn out to have inherited. If they were real, her mother would still be able to remember her name and not in a care home with early onset dementia. Saoirse doesn’t believe in love at first sight or happy endings. The Falling in Love Montage Review Synopsis I may receive a commission for purchases made through these links, but I always recommend books and products I truly enjoy. DISCLAIMER: This page contains affiliate links to products.
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